prelate
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The prelate noted the dilemma posed by “Fiducia Supplians,” released on Dec. 18, in which the church declares such blessings may be performed.
From Washington Times • Dec. 28, 2023
Tensions with Cardinal Burke, who was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI, have been simmering for nearly a decade, with the American prelate openly criticising Pope Francis over both social and liturgical issues.
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2023
The diplomatic source said negotiations between the government and the country's Catholic bishops are ongoing over Alvarez's future, and that the formerly jailed prelate was currently at the Catholic episcopal compound in the capital.
From Reuters • Jul. 5, 2023
Yet the prelate continued exercising his authority as one of the French church’s most prominent figures.
From Washington Post • Nov. 13, 2022
The story of a prince who could not be killed, a priest who warned of a goddess’s wrath, a French prelate who believed he’d bought the same stone centuries later.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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